Shipping cover for furniture



Nov. 16 ,1926.

B. H. GIFFORD SHIPPING COVER FOR FURNITURE Filed March 1'? 1924 IN V EN TOR.

Patented Nov. 16,1926;

BERT H. GIrronn, or BELLEVILLE, new JERSEY;

" .Application led Marc 17', 1924. Serial n taasin The objects-of this invention are to pro-' vide a shipping cover for furniture which can be conveniently used by department stores and thelilre for protecting furniture H during delivery to customers houses, places of bUSHIQSS; and so fort-h;'part1cularly to provri le such a shipping cover for Sideboards, dressers, 'chlfi oniers and similar art cles of [furniture theflbacks of which do not need protection; to secure such a shipping cover 'Whichwill;accommodate upward projections from the pleces of furnlture, such as a 11111- 1 ror or the like ;i to secure 'ashlpp ng' cover .ofishapes-vand sizes of articles of furniture, and to secure a good fitwithout having a multiplicity ofisizes'iand fish-apes of covers; 7 to-enable-thecover. to be easilyv attached and removed, an d to obtain fotherfadvantages and results' as 'be'broughtfout thefollow i'ng description.

Referring to, the accompanying drawing, in whicholike numerals ofreference desig nate the same partsthroughout the. several VIEWS.) H V I I F lgure 1 toavhich rri'yzimproved ,.shipping coverhas been applied; "f Figure .2 is

lookin at Q-Figure 4 isya detail section on of Figure 3 Figure 6 isa perspective View of aemenr, ber of my 'HHPI'OVQd cover n one ofits poa, similar membersioifi s dr v d tached; 1

"-F g re -3, 1s an end VlBW of said ineinber ,2: Figure 2;

of Figure 3; V

Figure 5 1s a 'detall sectlon-on line 5-'5 'sitionsfor use; v 1 v s Figure 7 isa similar VIQXV Qf saidjmernber, in another positlon for use, and} Figureg8 shows said rneinber initsj thirdi V p v, V

1 and-33l, 3.82 andjfi3 position for use,-

r; In" the specific"-einbodiment ofthe in-Vention shown in saiddrawings, 1 indicates V a-;' dresser to" which fray i nproved "shipping i coverhas been applied; preparatory! to; jde

livering the ,dresserffrornsthefi it! a 5 tomershouefQ, :37v indicatingif'the inernbersy 'ofrthe coveriland 1 83:59; mtilllfl ine1nber are of dil'i'eren feet, "and the sides 23 is'a perspective View of a dresser r ,anden a hlej'themembers-to be view/of one off the is V in theirjfitted position thereon.

infapplying theflneni'bersfthey athe 'endewhich'is uppermost in]. i g

1 I '1 overlapping will'vary-in extent, so that it f in' the drawing for receiving fastening cord cords by which said ineinbers arc 'securedto thepieee of furniture. i

Each of the n1ernberis2, 3 has three walls 21,22 and 23 and 31,32 a'nd'33, respectivel the said. walls of each ni'em'berheing atright angles to feachothe'rso as .toTforn a right trihedral angle with each'other. "Further n1ore,fthe two meinbers are made right-hand and le ft hand so that they will fit one on each of the opposite ends of'a pieceotfurniturepas shown, and cooperate to cover the saine, Preferably the three "sidesof each 7 t sizes, as" forjexaniple the sides 21 and31 may be two feet by three feet, the s ides22 and 82 threefeet by'four "and 33 two feet by four feet, so that-by turning the members of apairinto various positions to bringoneor another of the three pairs ots'imflar sides uppermost, the cover can be made" to fit,

pieces of furniture "of different sizes. The three r positionsthat one of the inembers fas 3, can assume are shown; in Figures 6, 7

AfterQthe inenib'ers ot myliinproved cover 9 havebeen adjusted to a" pieceof furniture 7 sofas tohest cover the, same, they are vse- Ias shown inFigure l, and in order to easily" accomplish this ,tylng,

vided withsuitablemeans to receive the cord" .tened together and to thepiecefof furniture will 1 so1netunes overlap one upon the other and this ,will a'cco nmodate this. I i V ,7

The specific means which I'hav'e shown is desirable to vhave fasteningrneans which :consistsof pleats 210 and 310 on the faces "2l iandf8l f the inemhefrs 21 and 3, respeci may," arranged' at corresponding-[edges of saidi faces; andyp'leats22l, 222 and 223, "and 231, 23 3,- 'on fth e other t'woffaces 22 the members are pro- {c uredthereto by tying with shippingeorcl, J

securely fas Obviously.

and ee pffniember 2, and; 321', 32251101 323, 1

pleats am preferably. being: in alinenient with each other; Thatisto safifthepleats 32ljand; 331. V it extend alongthe ed'ges QftheEfaCesBQiand 33 3Q 'i eiotherii w lf c 2 1;. :32, and 3301" member 3, the corresponding saidflfaces 10f a, member F 1 332 are parallel tothe other parallel thereto at the opposite edges of said faces 32 and 83, and the pleats 322 and said pleats and preferably midway between, and' the said pleats on the member 2 are. similarly arranged. All these pleats are formed of folded material stitched near one edge of the pleat to the body of the cover, preferably the edge away from the edge of the cover, as at 324 for the strip 321 and at 325 for the strip 323, and all grommetsllfor receiving fastening cord.

on one member of the almement w th the corthe other member, when Each of the pleats cover is in endwise responding pleat on the members are applied to an. article of furniture, as shown in the drawings,and a piece of cord 4, 5, 6 or 7 is then run through the two adjacent grommets 11 which are exposed at the meeting ends of the pleats and tied. Other cords, as 8, 9 and '10, extend around the back of the piece of furniture from the grommets at the rear upright edge of one member to those at the rear upright edge of the other could be arranged in any other desired way, however, as might suggest itself to any particular packer.

' The members 2 and 3 are preferably made of some strong durable fabric, such as canv as or the like, and are padded as shown at ferent sizes and difi'erent dimensions.

cord is then applied :p1ece of furniture,

12, but these details may be varied as desired. Any suitable means for attaching the wrapping cord may also be employed, and of .coursethe'members are to be made in dif- Fur thermore, upon a very small piece of fur'ni ture one member alone may orten be used to good advantage 1n the position shown in Figure 2, the far open end of the member having its two sides folded inwardly upon that end of the article of furniture, as is com-' The wrapping mon in wrapping packages.

around the back of the ready described. The cord-attaching means being arranged along all the free edges of the member enables it to betied upon the article of furniture as securely as one wishes,

and if desired the cord can be run through the attaching means upon the trihedral corners of the member.-- When a singlemember V is used as just described, if it is too long for the heightof the'article itsbottom edges can be turned under, the successive transverse rows, of cord-attaching jmeans -render ingone-of such rows always availabldjust as the longitudinal rows accommpdate' the overlapping of two were: itan mq ifisa iee f d a Se sa may be made manufacturing h ds ce W th de er ent -sp and scope of the invention,

wish to 'be understeod I as V '-limiting myself said strips have spaced member, as shownin the drawing. Obviously the fastenmg cord.

as in Figure 1 and al-' sections as has been de cord-attaching means n-er edge between and 'Ido not except as required by the following claims whenconstrued in the light of ll-llG-PIlOl art. Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: 5

1. As an article of manufacture, a ship, pingcover for furniture consisting of a flexible trihedral member having each of its free edges providedwith series of means for attaching wrapping cord.

-2. As an article of manufacture, a shipping cover for furniture consisting ofa flexible trihedral member having each of its free edges and its corner edges provided with series of means for attaching wrapping cord.

3. As an article, of manufacture, a shipping cover for furniture comprising a flexible trihedral member having at least one of its faces provided with spaced transverse series of'means for attaching wrapping cord. 4. As an article of manufacture, a ship ping cover for furniturecomprising a flexibletrihedral member having at least one of itsfaces provided with spaced longitudinal series ofmeans for attaching wrapping cord.

5. As an article of manufacture, a shiping cover for furniturecomprising a fiex1- 'ble trihedral member having at least one of its faces provided withspaced transverse 'series'and' spaced longitudinal series of means for attaching wrapping cord e V 6. As' an article of manufacture, a shipping cover for furniture comprising a fleXibletrihedral'member having two adjacent 7 "aces provided with spaced series of cord-attransverse to the corner edge taching means between.

7. A shipping cover for furniture, comprising trihedral members adapted to oppositely overlap one upon the other, one having at its lapping edge a series of means for attaching wrappmg cord and the other having. upon its lapping walls spaced series of cord-attaching means transverse to the c'orner edge between them, whereby said members may be secured together in various overlapped relations upon different pieces of furniture.

8A shipping cover. for furniture, 'com for furniture, comthe other, each havwalls. spaced series of transversetothe cor themand each. having cord-' attaching means .atl-i'ts edges.

for furniture, com- 10 .A shipping cover prising trihedral member-s adapted to oppomembers adapted to oppo ise r prising separate rightand left-hand trisitely overlap one upon the other, each hav ing upon its lappingvwalls spaced transverse series and spaced longitudinal series of means for attaching Wrapping cord. v

11. A' shipping cover for furniture, comhedral members which can be applied to the front ofa piece of furniture 1n overlapping relation to each other upon said front, series of'means on said members for connecting "the overlapped edgeof one member to th'e other member, and means on said members i i for receiving Wrapping cord to connect said members around the back of the pieec vof furn ture.

' BERT GIFFORD. 

